Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival 7-10pm, February 23, 2006

Film Festival Program

PSA

Press Release

South Yuba River Citizens League’s Famous Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will be an exciting part of the 24th Annual Conference. Whether it is the struggle for environmental justice, a whitewater adventure, or an educational documentary about dam removal, these films will expose audiences to current water issues.

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival Director, Kathy Dotson and potentially some of these filmmakers will be at the film festival to introduce the films. drawing: courtesy Restore Hetch Hetchy

Discover Hetch Hetchy by David Vassar
An epic and historic battle of conservation exists in one of the nation’s most spectacular parks, Yosemite. Hetch Hetchy was once an area described as a twin Yosemite Valley. But Hetch Hetchy is buried beneath 300 feet of water, dammed by San Francisco in 1923 for use as a reservoir. Now an opportunity exists to bring the valley back to life and meet the water needs of the Bay Area. (United States, 2005, 18:56 min)

Tales of the San Joaquin by Christopher Beaver
The San Joaquin River has been called the hardest working river in America and also the most abused. Follow filmmaker Christopher Beaver down the 350 miles from the source near Yosemite National Park, to the point where its waters flow into San Francisco Bay. Once the birthplace of hundreds of thousands of salmon, the river now runs completely dry year round. Yet, dedicated people surround this river and are working to bringing it back to life. (United States, 2005, 27 min) www.cbfilms.net

Coastal Clash by Elizabeth Pepin and Christa Resing
“Let’s go to the beach” has always been an entitlement of California living, with 80 percent of Californians living within 30 miles of the water’s edge. But as urbanization continues to encroach on the 1,100-mile-long coast, our shoreline has come under siege. Development is swallowing up miles of coastline; access to beaches is being cut off ; and seawalls may be causing beaches to disappear. A battle is raging around the fundamental question: Whose coast is it anyway? (United States, 2004, 60 min)

Bigger Than Rodeo by Tripp Jennings and Karl Moser
Combining equally the burliest waterfalls ever seen on video and the biggest aerial freestyle ever shot, Bigger Than Rodeo is an instant jaw dropper. Follow the crew and top paddlers in their search for the sickest whitewater imaginable. They find something more meaningful and truly bigger then they imagine—Ed Lucero’s 105-foor record-breaking waterfall.